Mysia, Poemanenum
Julia Domna 193-217 CE
AE 7.75g. 24.00mm.
Obv: IOYΛ ΔOMNA CEBACT. Draped bust of Julia Domna, right.
Rev: ΠOIMANHNΩN. Serpent-entwined tripod.
Paris 1561 (obv. “IOY”); Kaufmann-Stauber AMS 8, 52 (ditto); Dieudonne 36 in RN 1901 (ditto)
Poemanenum was part of the territory of Kyzikos, but in Roman times minted their own coins. It contained a well-known temple to Asclepius, hence the serpent-entwined tripod depicted on the reverse of this coin.